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Sparta, Athens then Thebes.
It was the leading Greek city-state up to 470 BCE when displaced by Thebes.
Thebes was a city-State, not a person, as well as Mycenae, Pylos, Athens, Sparta (etc.)
It was the leading Greek city-state for over a century until displaced by Thebes in 370 BCE.
It was the leading Greek city-state for over a century until displaced by Thebes in 370 BCE.
thebes
Thebes was a city in ancient greek times!
Megara was in ancient Greek mythology the princess of city of Thebes. She was the oldest of Creos, the king of Thebes. Creon offered Megara to Hercules in exchange for defending the city of Thebes.
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Amphitryon was a Theban General (from the Greek city/state of Thebes ) who was originally from Tiryns (tirynia city/state) in the eastern part of the Peloponnese. Having accidentally killed his father-in-law Electryon, king of Mycenae, Amphitryon was driven out by another uncle, Sthenelus. He fled with Alcmene, Electryon's daughter, to the city of Thebes, Greece where he was cleansed from the guilt of blood by Creon, his maternal uncle, King of Thebes.
Thebes is a very old Greek city that still exists today.
As a hostage in Thebes, Philip learned about warfare, Greek politics and the inter-relationships and tensions between the city-states, life in a city-state and its politics, and about Thebes' ally Persia.